Residency in Preventive Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2002

Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2002

Research Interest

Dr. McTigue joined the University of Pittsburgh faculty in 2002. She is trained in internal medicine, preventive medicine, and public health and has joint appointments in Medicine, Epidemiology and Clinical/Translational Science. Her research interests are in the prevention of chronic disease, with focuses on obesity, women's health, and information technology. Dr. McTigue has considered both evidence-based clinical medicine and public health approaches to escalating U.S. weight trends. She led the development, implementation and evaluation of the first online adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program’s lifestyle intervention. This work uses technology to bring evidence-based self-management support to primary care patients. Dr. McTigue's work on improving the quality of patient care extends to a focus on the development of infrastructure for supporting pragmatic, patient-centered clinical research, via the PaTH Clinical Data Research Network, a member of the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet).

Educational Interest

Dr. McTigue is the course directors for CLRES 2010, Clinical Research Methods, a core course of the Institute for Clinical Research Education. She is the Director of the Clinical Scientist Track and Associate Director for Research for the International Scholars Track for Internal Medicine Residents.